I always get confused which humidity drawers and settings to use in the refridgerator, so here's some details:
for long-term storage, "Produce Facts" from the Postharvest Technology Research and Information Center at the University of California-Davis (http://postharvest.ucdavis.edu/) recommends a relative humidity of:
- Higher than 98 percent for carrots and celery.
- Higher than 95 percent for bell peppers, broccoli, cabbage, cauli-flower, lettuce and snap beans.
- Ninety to 95 percent for apples, bananas, cantaloupe, cherries, grapes, peaches, nectarines, oranges, pears, plums, strawberries, eggplant and tomatoes.
- Eighty-five to 90 percent for honeydew and watermelon.
- Sixty percent for winter squash
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